Cost Differences Between High School and College

DeskPotato
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:29:22 +0000

My older daughter didn’t get her license until the day before she left the country for a year. While that might have saved us some on insurance premiums, I’m sure my husband is putting many fewer miles on the car now that he doesn’t have to chauffeur her places. She didn’t have many costly activities, but did take private voice lessons (so, lessons, adjudication fees, accompanist fees, sheet music) and attended religious school and took an evening language class at the community college. All that did add up. Plus, we were paying for summer camp right up until the summer before senior year. I’ll have to look into whether we are actually coming out ahead this year! (Or, at least, if the savings offset the cost of going to visit her abroad.)

My younger daughter has a pricier activity schedule (voice lessons, dance classes, theater company fees, show choir fees, summer theater programs), and her busy schedule also means SHE eats out a lot, even if we, as a family don’t. I can imagine we’d really notice a difference if these expenses stopped.